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Some day, I will learn the magical phrase that gets me the haircut that I want on the first try. Because so far it has not been:

"I want it shaved really, really short."
"I want it shaved with a #4 blade."
"I want it cut down to half an inch."
"I want it cut down really short, so there's only half an inch left."
"Could you take off everything except for half an inch?"
"Just shave it right down! Almost all of it!"
"I like it really, really short. Just cut off everything but half an inch."
"Take off everything but this much." *indicates size with fingers*
*indicates size with fingers* "That's how much I want left. Everything else should go."

...and probably some other variants, but dammit, yet again I've got a haircut where I end up with a delicate half inch nibbled off so that it was barely worth the trouble of even showing up, and too frustrated by my inability to communicate to want to press the issue once I have my glasses on at the end and I'm being asked how I like it.

Maybe I should start asking them to shave me god damn bald, and then just let it grow back to the proper length.